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Cookies

What are Cookies?

Cookies are small files which are stored on a user's computer and hold data relating to a specific website. Cookies are placed on the user's computer
by that website and accessed each time a user browses the site. The cookies used by Rightmove are fairly standard and harmless. We primarily use them
to collect data to help us improve our website by seeing which parts of the site are being used, how users are navigating to each page and what items
on each page they prefer to click on.
Nonetheless we would like you to know which cookies Rightmove employs, why we use them, and give you the option to opt-out of us using them on your computer
if you wish.

Below we have listed each of the cookies that our site sets, with detail as to why we use them. For those that want a little more information, we've
added information which details the exact purpose of every single cookie we create. Lastly, we've included information about the time the cookie is kept
on your system (is it kept after you leave the site, to be used when you return − persistent − or deleted once your visit is completed and
only used for that visit − session).

You can use this page to opt-out of certain cookie types. Opting out will apply only to the browser or device that you are currently using, so you may need
to change these settings again if you use other browsers or devices to browse the web.

We will make every effort to recognise and respect your choices; however there is a small chance that not all cookies and similar methods of data capture
will be covered by these settings. If this is a concern to you then we recommend that you change the settings in your browser. If you wish to restrict or
block web browser cookies which are set on your device then you can do this through your browser settings; the Help function within your browser should tell
you how. Alternatively, you may wish to visit www.aboutcookies.org, which contains comprehensive information on how
to do this on a wide variety of desktop browsers.

1. Strictly necessary cookiesEnabled

Some cookies are essential in order to enable you to move around the website and use its features. Without these cookies, we will not be able to connect you
to our site properly.

We spend a lot of time and effort ensuring that our site remains available all the time; to do that we have web servers running in many different locations.
In order to ensure that your journey through the site works properly we like to keep you connected to the same locations. It also allows us to spread the
load, meaning our site remains as performant as it can be.

For visitors to our professional users site RightmovePlus, authentication cookies give the added reassurance of site security.
These cookies ensure that only authenticated users have access to RightmovePlus, thus keeping our site as safe as possible.
If you have any queries or require more information on this please email security@rightmove.co.uk

Cookie

Purpose

Persistent or Session

cks_policy

Stores your cookie preferences on Rightmove

Persistent - expires after 1 year

permuserid

Used to identify your browser and device across sessions

Persistent - expires after 1 year

svr

Keeps visitors to our site on the same set of infrastructure

Persistent - expires after 8 hours

svp

Keeps visitors to our professional users site, Rightmove Plus, on the same set of infrastructure

Persistent - expires after 8 hours

sva

Keeps visitors to our professional users site, Rightmove Plus, on the same set of infrastructure

Persistent - expires after 8 hours

sso2

Allows log in to continue between these sites for agents

Session

JSESSIONID

Ensures Rightmove Plus login works across the various sections

Session

TS*family

Allows our network hardware to keep you in the right environment

Session

jsts

Secures data input by our professional users against corruption

Session

hsid

Used to maintain user sessions on our investor site

Session

cookieLevel

Used to control the display of the Cookie policy banner for the investor site

Session

sso2v

Authentication cookie to verify a visitor to our professional users site RightmovePlus

Persistent - expires after 6 months

rmsessionid

Used to maintain user sessions across our site

Session

siteType

To remember your preference for viewing the Full site on your Mobile phone

Session

Local Storage

In addition to cookies, local storage allows us to use a tiny bit of space on your machine to store information, in much the same way as cookies.
We use this to store information which, we feel, enhances your journey through the site by remembering previous actions and making them default
for the future. All local storage is persistent, with no expiry.

Cookie

Purpose

typeAheadHist

Holds a history of locations typed into search, so that these appear first in the list when you start searching again

RIGHTMOVE.UTIL.userPreferences

Stores the channel (lettings, sales etc) that you last searched in, for Draw a Search

pcrLocationList

Last 10 searched for postcodes across the site, used for Price Comparison report

RM.recentSearches_* family

Stores your recent searches

RMmobile.contactagent_channel

To hold the information you have provided when contacting an agent to pre populate the form for you next time around.

2. Performance cookiesEnabledDisabled

These cookies collect information about how visitors use our site, for instance which page is viewed most often, and if error messages are seen.
These cookies don't collect information that identifies a visitor. All information that these cookies collect is aggregated and therefore anonymous.
It is only used to improve how our website works.

Like most websites, we use analytics software, such as Google Analytics. This software gathers anonymous data relating to how our site is being used and then
provides us with aggregated visitor statistics, number of page views etc. We supplement this data with our own analytics, which allows us to do more in-depth
analysis of how people use our site. We feel that this information is vital to us, helping us to make the site as easy to use and useful as possible.

We regularly add new features and change existing features to make the site work as well as possible, and to make the experience as helpful as possible to
all parties (we care about the experience all of our users get!) To ensure that the changes we make are useful, we test variants of these changes across our
site, reviewing data from our analytics system to see what works best. The cookies below allow us to do that.

Cookie

Purpose

Persistent or Session

ki*family

Manages survey for House Prices

Persistent - expires after 6 months

_gaRM*family

Tracking cookies set by Google Analytics as detailed above

Persistent - expires after 2 years

_gcl*family

Cookie used by Google Adwords Conversion Linker

Session

__utm*family

Tracking cookies set by Google Analytics as detailed above

Persistent - expires after 2 years

UID

Tracks unique visits for ComScore, an industry standard metrics company

Persistent - expires after 1 year

rmmv*family

Allows us to show a different version of test pages to individual visitors

Persistent - expires after 90 days

rmtcj

Allows us to test whether or not we can run tests based on your computer settings

Session

UIDR

Tracks unique visits for ComScore, an industry standard metrics company

Persistent - expires after 1 year

3. Functionality cookiesEnabledDisabled

These cookies allow us to remember choices you have made to provide a more enhanced, personal service. The information these cookies collect relates only
to our website.

We have a bunch of features which need to understand what you've been doing on the site recently, and to reduce the amount of times you have to do the same
thing. For instance, you don't want to fill in the contact agent form again and again with the same data, so we store that information to reduce the
time it takes and to make life easier. All the cookies below perform a similar function.

Cookie

Purpose

Persistent or Session

splash_screen

Used to keep track of whether a user has seen the verification splash screen in Rightmove Plus

Persistent - expires after 2 hours

wcilCriteria

Remembers your last chosen criteria on the "Where can I live?" feature so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches

Persistent - expires after 30 days

iPadAd

Tracks if user has seen the iPad advert yet or not

Persistent - expires after 5 years

iphoneAppMentioned

Used to decide whether to show a link to download the app when accessing the Rightmove website from an iPhone device

Persistent - expires after 5 years

MobileRegionSortOrder

Remembers your last chosen sort order for a Region based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches

Persistent - expires after 30 days

MobilePointSortOrder

Remembers your last chosen sort order for a Point based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future point searches

Persistent - expires after 30 days

MobileCurrentLocationSortOrder

Remembers your last chosen sort order for a current location based search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future current location searches

Persistent - expires after 30 days

beta_optin

Records whether or not you have opted in to view the new Rightmove search results

Persistent - variable: 1 day or 1 year

TPC*family

Stores information about your search preferences to help us only show relevant promotions to you

Persistent - expires after 30 days

sb-closed

Stores if the user has dismissed the app ad banner

Persistent - expires after 3 months

sb-installed

Stores if the user has viewed the app in the app store from the app ad banner

Persistent - expires after 3 months

MobileSoldSortOrder

Remembers your last chosen sort order for a sold prices search on the Mobile site, so we can apply that order automatically to your future searches

Persistent - expires after 30 days

cdUserType

Use to tailor website content so that it is relevant to you

Session

cuid

Used to keep track of a user's consent preferences for contact from Rightmove

Persistent - expires after 1 year

hideKWFeedback

Used to keep track of whether a user has given feedback or dismissed the feedback bar for keywords sort feature

Persistent - expires after 1 month

iPhoneAd

Used to decide whether to show link to download app when accessing the Rightmove website from an iPhone device

Persistent - expires after 1 year

propertyDetailsResultsCarousel

Used to remember your preference on displaying the property details results carousel

Persistent - expires after 1 year

propertyHuntGameState

Tracks if user has the property hunt game activated

Persistent - expires after 1 month

seenMapFeedbackBar

Used to keep track of whether a user has given feedback or dismissed the feedback bar

Persistent - expires after 1 month

PDC*family

Remembers information you have provided about yourself so that you can fill in contact agent forms quickly and easily

Persistent - expires after 1 year

osLsId

Remembers the last overseas location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties

Persistent - expires after 30 days

cmS

Remembers the last commercial sales location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties

Persistent - expires after 30 days

cmL

Remembers the last commercial lettings location you searched in, so that we can show you relevant hot properties

Persistent - expires after 30 days

topPCRSearch

Used to store latest price comparison report search locations so that when you return you get the information you're likely to want

Persistent - expires after 14 days

rmrcm

Used to recognise that you have seen the "maximum 300 results" message so we don't bother you with it again

Session

loginnotes

Used to decide whether to show help information when you log in

Session

studentGridOrListView

Stores whether you have decided to view student results as a grid or a list, so that you get your preferred experience every time

Session

androidAppMentioned

Used to decide whether to show link to download app when accessing the Rightmove website from an Android device

Persistent - expires after 5 years

ghostrec-usability

Used to enable remote usability testing

Persistent - expires after 1 hour

ghost-sessionId

Used to keep ghostrec session

Persistent - expires after 1 hour

ghost-taskId

Used to keep track of the current ghostrec task

Persistent - expires after 1 hour

onetime_login

Used for tracking logins in datalayer

Session

onetime_register

Used for tracking registrations in datalayer

Session

4. Online behavioural advertising

We use cookies from third party advertising partners to deliver relevant advertisements to you both on the Rightmove website and on other websites.
Below is a list of our advertising partners. To opt-out of a third party's use of cookies and behavioural advertising you must visit its website and follow its specified opt-out procedures.

Google

You can learn how Google uses information from sites or apps that use their services by visiting their website.

Captify allows advertisers to retarget users who have searched on Yahoo, Google and Bing. Search Retargeting enables advertisers to focus on users who have expressed intent and match their desired audience with quality inventory. Learn more about Captify here.

Samba has integrated TV data from multiple sources -- from smart TVs to set-top boxes to TV apps -- to help advertisers and broadcasters understand the TV viewership habits of the modern consumer. Learn more about Samba here.

GroundTruth is a mobile advertising platform specializing in location powered mobile ads. Their services combine data, technology, and strategy to help advertisers reach the audiences most likely to be interested in their products or services. Find out more here.

We use Hotjar in order to better understand our users' needs and to optimize this service and experience. Hotjar is a technology service that helps us better understand our users experience (e.g. how much time they spend on which pages, which links they choose to click, what users do and don't like, etc.) and this enables us to build and maintain our service with user feedback. Hotjar uses cookies and other technologies to collect data on our users' behaviour and their devices (in particular device's IP address (captured and stored only in anonymized form), device screen size, device type (unique device identifiers), browser information, geographic location (country only), preferred language used to display our website). Hotjar stores this information in a pseudonymized user profile. Neither Hotjar nor we will ever use this information to identify individual users or to match it with further data on an individual user. For further details, please see Hotjar's privacy policy by clicking on this link.

You can opt-out to the creation of a user profile, Hotjar's storing of data about your usage of our site and Hotjar's use of tracking cookies on other websites by following this opt-out link.

5. Third-party A/B testing tools

Some of our pages use a third-party software provider, Optimizely, to test variations in the content to help us
improve your experience.

You can view the Optimizely privacy policy or opt-out using the links below.